#mando din

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Chapters: 8/8 Fandom: The Mandalorian (TV), Star Wars - All Media Types, Star Wars Sequel Trilogy Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Din Djarin & Grogu | Baby Yoda, The Armorer (The Mandalorian TV) & Din Djarin, Din Djarin & Paz Vizsla, Din Djarin & Boba Fett, Din Djarin & Original Mandalorian Characters, Din Djarin & Leia Organa Characters: Din Djarin, Grogu | Baby Yoda, Paz Vizsla, The Armorer (The Mandalorian TV), Original Mandalorian Characters (Star Wars), Mentions of Fennec Shand, Mentions of Moff Gideon, Boba Fett, Stormtrooper Character(s), Original Stormtrooper Character(s), Mythosaur, Mythosaurs - Character, Poe Dameron, Leia Organa Additional Tags: Mand'alor Din Djarin, Religious Discussion, Religious Guilt, Story Time with Din, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Din Djarin Removes the Helmet, The Mandalorian Darksaber (Star Wars), Planet Mandalore (Star Wars), Mentions of The Empire, Imperial Officers (Star Wars), Military Training, technically, off-screen violence, we are all Looking Respectively, mind the notes please, Slice of Life, Freed slaves, Mention of Offscreen Child Death, mythosaur - Freeform, DoubleTake is in this one guys, References to Illness, Challenge to the Throne, Tattoos, Child Soldiers, Mentioned Stormtroopers (Star Wars), The Resistance (Star Wars) - Freeform, The Empire (Star Wars) - Freeform, Children's Stories Series: Part 7 of All Hail The Mand'alor Summary:

All the great Mand'alors have names, titles by which they're remembered.

Din has too many to count, and one that will echo through the stars for eternity

 8/8!!!! Oh she diiiiiiiid

[mandaloria314]

Let’s Talk About Din’s Creed

[BoBF Ep 5 spoilers]

What we know: (1) He is a believer. He didn’t instantly go from a lifetime (he’s late 30s!) of wearing a helmet in front of people at all times to frolicking about the galaxy with it off. He still believes in the Way (right now). He wants to be a Mandalorian. 

(2) No cap. He believes in the Way so much he couldn’t lie about it to the Armorer. If he wasn’t asked, he wouldn’t have said anything. And that seemed to be working. But when asked directly, he confessed. Because he believes in the sacredness of the vow and has been internally wrestling with the fallout of his transgression.  

(3) The R-word. The Armorer and Paz need him. Mandalore needs him, yet they’d still turn him away for admitting to having removed the helmet. This is level 10 orthodoxy. it’s quite the careful line Disney needs to walk with this because the Way is portrayed as a religious tenet with strict dogmas, and the Armorer refers to their covert as having been spared by cloistering on Concordia. They’ve shown us that in this covert, your helmet is your honor. Paz went straight for Din’s helmet in Mando season 1 when they were arguing, and the Armorer hooked it during training. If it’s removed, even for a moment, even in defense, you’ve been dishonored.

(4) Reform or Rebirth? It’s hard to know what to “root for” here: 

Do we want Din to go fully agnostic, take self-ownership of his choices, let go of the Way and team up with other Mandalorians who are, shall we say, reformers and reconstructionists, who loosely abide by the Way by adhering to the less strict Resol’nare, the original guide without all the extra rules? 

OR, Do we root for supporting Din’s fervor to reclaim his Mando purity by washing his sins clean in the buried waters beneath Mandalore? He played it lowkey, but he is thrilled to know there’s a secret Mandalorian baptisim he can perform to absolve himself of his helmet sin and rededicate himself to the Way.  

MY TAKE: i defer! Personally, I just want him to be happy--whether that means mando baptisim or going full agnostic. Let him choose. The way (ha) it’s balanced right now, I could go either route. My personal preference (from my own religious bent) is to lean away from conservative devotion to a creed that isn’t serving people well now even if it served them well in the past. Things are allowed to change and grow in positive, progressive ways. However, in the Mandalorian context, I don’t want to make a negative judgment on his covert until the show gives me a little more hint as to whether it’d be better for Din to let them go or not. Final take? Reserving judgment.  

What do you think so far?

[dindjarin-rp]

🙏 : our muses’ hands brush as they walk side by side .(from Cobb)

The fight against the dragon was hard, but they did it. At the end he decided to stay on Tatooine with Cobb, he found him interesting and intriguing. 

 He smiled turning at him when he felt of Cobb's hand against his. «The battle was hard, but I am happy we did it and...» 

He stopped to speak looking around for few seconds. «I am happy you asked me to stay.» 

 The baby was happy too, he seemed to love the place: quiet and far from the main cities. «I think we will stay for long long time. Here it will be easier to protect the little one, hope you will get fond of him too.» This time was Din that touched Cobb hand. «He likes you a lot.»